''House of Angels – The Second Summer'' () is a
1994
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Swedish drama film directed by
Colin Nutley starring Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Ron Dean, and Ernst Günther.
It is the second Swedish drama film about the mansion Änglagård (Angel Farm) located in a small isolated hamlet in Västergötland, Sweden. The film premiered on 25 December 1994. In both the films ''Änglagård'' and ''Änglagård - andra sommaren'' Sven Wollter (Axel Flogfält) and Viveka Seldahl (Rut Flogfält) acting as a married couple which they also were in real life from 1971 until Seldahl died 2001. They have also acted as married couple in the 2001 Swedish film ''En sång för Martin''.
Plot
The film starts one year after Fanny Zander and Zac have returned to the village in
Västergötland
Västergötland (), also known as West Gothland or the Latinized version Westrogothia in older literature, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish), situated in the southwest of Sweden.
Vä ...
to find that the mansion
Änglagård
Änglagård is a Swedish progressive rock band, with influences including King Crimson, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Trettioåriga Kriget, Schicke Führs Fröhling, and Van der Graaf Generator. The band was established in 1991 by Tord Lindman (gui ...
(Angel Farm) has accidentally burnt to the ground. Fanny and Zac find themselves staying with the brothers Gottfrid and Ivar Pettersson.
The small town mentality intrigues and conflicts continue in the hamlet. The richest man in the village, Axel Flogfält, has promised to rebuild the mansion, but he is also interested in buying the mansion from Fanny. Axel's wife, Rut, has a relationship with the village priest, Henning. Her son, Mårten Flogfält, is increasingly interested in Fanny, and tries by all means to seduce her. Mårten still does not know the truth about the identity of Fanny's father.
It also emerges that Gottfrid and Ivar have a nearly forgotten brother, Sven, who emigrated to the US when he was young. Fanny and Zac convince the brothers that they all shall go and visit their brother.
Cast
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Helena Bergström as Fanny Zander
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Rikard Wolff as Zac
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Ernst Günther as Gottfrid Pettersson
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Tord Peterson as Ivar Pettersson
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Sven Wollter
Sven Justus Fredrik Wollter (11 January 1934 – 10 November 2020) was a Swedish actor, writer, and political activist. Wollter is one of the most renowned Swedish actors, he was awarded Best Swedish actor twice. In his native country, he becam ...
as Axel Flogfält
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Viveka Seldahl as Rut Flogfält
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Ron Dean
Ron Dean (born August 15, 1938) is an American film and television actor. He appeared in films including ''Rudy (film), Rudy'', ''Risky Business'', ''The Breakfast Club'', ''Cocktail (1988 film), Cocktail'', ''The Babe'', ''The Fugitive (1993 f ...
as Sven Pettersson
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Reine Brynolfsson as Henning Collmer
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Jan Mybrand as Per-Ove Ã…gren
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Jakob Eklund
Jakob Anders Eklund (born 21 February 1962) is a Swedish film, television and stage actor. He portrayed the fictional police officer Johan Falk in 20 movies.
His wife, Marie Richardson, played his on-screen girlfriend in the trilogy of films '' ...
as Mårten Flogfält
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Ing-Marie Carlsson as Eva Ã…gren
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Peter Andersson as Ragnar Zetterberg
Production
The film was filmed in Kölingared, Lönnarp and
Ulricehamn in Sweden, and in
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
in the US.
References
External links
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1994 films
Swedish sequel films
Swedish drama films
Films directed by Colin Nutley
Films scored by Björn Isfält
Films set in Västra Götaland County
1994 drama films
1990s Swedish films